Platonic Architectonics
Subtitle: Platonic Philosophies and the Visual Arts
Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing
Published: May 17, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9780820471105
Subjects: General; History & Surveys - Ancient & Classical; Subjects & Themes - General; Art; Philosophy; Aesthetics; History; Plato; Platonists
Description: "Platonic Architectonics presents new interpretations of philosophical texts, artistic treatises, and works of art and architecture in Western culture as they are interrelated and related to Platonic and Neoplatonic philosophical structures. It demonstrates the importance of philosophy in the production of the visual arts throughout history and the importance of the relation between the work of art and the philosophical text and artistic treatise."--BOOK JACKET.